praecaveo

== Latin == === Etymology === From prae- + caveō (“avoid, take care”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯ˈka.we.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [preˈkaː.ve.o] === Verb === praecaveō (present infinitive praecavēre, perfect active praecāvī, supine praecautum); second conjugation (transitive) to guard against (beforehand), seek to avert or prevent (intransitive) to take care or heed, take precautions, beware; to be on one’s guard ==== Conjugation ==== This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources. ==== Derived terms ==== praecautiō praecautus ==== Related terms ==== caveō ==== Descendants ==== Galician: precaver Portuguese: precaver Spanish: precaver === References === “praecaveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “praecaveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “praecaveo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.